Things Change | | Cast : | Don Ameche, Joe Mantegna | | Director : | David Mamet | | Studio : | Columbia/Tristar Studios | | Format : | Color, Closed-captioned, Widescreen | | Released Date : | October 21, 1988 | | DVD Released Date : | May 02, 2000 | | Language : | English (Subtitled), English (Dubbed), Spanish (Subtitled), English (Original Language), Spanish (Original Language) | | Audience Rating : | PG (Parental Guidance Suggested) | | | BUY THIS DVD FROM AMAZON |
Customer Reviews
| Rating |  | | Date | July 17, 2005 | | Summary | not for action fans | Content
 | Yes, this film does not "rock 'em, sock 'em along" like your usual action flick, written by 20 somethings for the prepubescent crowd. Your may have to go through more than one scene without a car chase, explosion, or gratiutious sex. This is a quiet comedy, written about the stranger than fiction turns life can take. If you're bored with the same cookie cutter plots and small rotation of leading men, give this a try. There's a reason why the price remains in the $20.00 range. It's good. |
| Rating | | | Date | May 12, 2005 | | Summary | Things Change | Content
| Don Ameche plays an old shoeshine man who is picked out by the mob to take the fall for a murder rap; for a payoff of a boat he's always dreamed of owning he agrees to go to jail for 3-5 years. His "bodyguard" (played by Joe Montenegro) for the weekend before he's to go to the police with his "confession" decides to take him to Lake Tahoe for a final fling. But they're mistaken for a couple of big shot mobsters, and Ameche befriends the Vegas Don, who in the end saves Ameche's life. It's hard to imagine a slower paced crime thriller, but this one just drags along. Ameche is pretty good as the old-timer who gives his word and intends on keeping it, but the slow pace and easy attempts at gross sentiment sink the whole movie. |
| Rating | | | Date | May 02, 2005 | | Summary | I'm a Mamet fan, but this is probably his worst. | Content
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I gave this movie every chance, but the story is slow,
the acting is liveless (Ameche is the only one half-way
decent), and the story turns out pointless. The ending doesn't
really make any sense or have any impact, and the vagueness
and indirection that is usually explained at some later point
in Mamet's films is never clarified here.
Only watch if you're a die-hard Mamet fan so you can say at a dinner party, "Yes, I saw that one, and I agree it was bad". |
| Rating | | | Date | June 14, 2004 | | Summary | Three thumbs up! | Content
| Undoubtly David Mamet lived a glorious decade in these eighties. House of games , the untouchables a scripter and this one.
Don't wonder if this movie belongs to cult movie status. It's a witty comedy about an inept , poor experienced and low level gangster who suffers the consequences of his acts when he goes against the orders to take an old shoe - shine boy on one last fing just before the latter goes to prison being not guilty.
Notice this disfunctional state of mind of this rookie gangster, follows the ancient rule about the wisdom of the experience , despite this statement is not always true all the times , but it does in this case.
The laughable side about the sordid universe that surrounds the underworld has been so irreverently told as in this case.
Don Ameche (Coccon) and Mantegna (House of games and Alice) give a fine performance.
Don't miss this funny comedy. A winner film. |
| Rating | | | Date | April 24, 2004 | | Summary | Change To Another Movie | Content
| Joe Mantegna and Don Ameche star in this drama/ thriller/ comedy directed by the overrated David Mamet. Like most Mamet movies, "Things Change" tries to clever, unusual and oh-so-surprising, but unfortunately the overall effort is nothing more than a dull, tedious and uninspired achievement. The acting is alright and the direction competent enough, yet the plot just drags endlessly and fails to present a memorable and remarkable moment. The last ten minutes are somewhat interesting and present enough dramatic tension, still that doesn`t make for the boring hour that precedes it. "Things Change" has little or nothing going for it, delivering an intantly forgettable cinematic experience. There are more compelling things around. |
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